Polish Voivodeships and Counties 1919-1939 - trivia

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Polish Voivodeships and Counties 1919-1939 - trivia

[edit] Voivodeships

• Total number of Voivodeships - 16 plus the capital city of Warsaw, which was regarded as a separate unit.

• Biggest Voivodeships (as for Aug. 1, 1939):

- Polesie Voivodeship - area 36 668 sq. km.,

- Volhynian Voivodeship - area 35 754 sq. km.,

- Warszawa Voivodeship - area 31 656 sq. km.

• Smallest Voivodeships (as for Aug. 1, 1939):

- miasto stoleczne Warszawa (the capital city of Warsaw) - area 141 sq. km.,

- Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship - area 5 122 sq. km.,

- Tarnopol Voivodeship - area 16 533 sq. km.

• Most populous Voivodeships:

- Lwów Voivodeship - pop. 3 126 300,

- Kielce Voivodeship - pop. 2 671 000,

- Lodz Voivodeship - pop. 2 650 100.

• Least populous Voivodeships:

- Nowogródek Voivodeship - pop. 1 057 200,

- Polesie Voivodeship - pop. 1 132 200

- miasto stoleczne Warszawa (the capital city of Warsaw) - pop. 1 179 500.

[edit] Counties

• Total number of counties (as for Aug. 1, 1939) - 264, including 23 urban counties.

• Biggest counties (as for Aug. 1, 1939):

- Wilno - Troki county (area 5 967 sq. km.),

- Luniniec county (area 5 722 sq. km.),

- Kowel county (area 5 682 sq. km.).

• Smallest counties (as for Aug. 1, 1939):

- Warszawa-Srodmiescie (mid-Warsaw), (area 10 sq. km.),

- city of Bielsko, (area 10 sq. km.),

- city of Gniezno, (area 18 sq. km.).

• Most populous counties:

- city of Lodz county (pop. 604 600),

- Warszawa-North county (pop. 478 200),

- Katowice county, (pop. 357 300).

• Least populous counties:

- city of Bielsko county, (pop. 25 400),

- city of Gniezno, (pop. 30 700),

- Miedzychod county, (pop. 31 000).

==References==

• Maly rocznik statystyczny 1939, Nakladem Glownego Urzedu Statystycznego, Warszawa 1939 (Concise Statistical Year-Book of Poland, Warsaw 1939).